Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Norwalk Area Fire District

Norwalk, WI · Monroe County. Norwalk Area Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Norwalk Area Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Wisconsin average.

32nd pct.
national personnel size
-18%
vs. Wisconsin average
1
station

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Norwalk Area Fire District

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity C
23 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
23 personnel · 1 station

Norwalk Area Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Norwalk, WI (Monroe County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,233 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,233 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #590 of 695
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Monroe County

Norwalk Area Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

23 Top 68% higher than 32% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 41040 · Norwalk Area Fire District, WI 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,233
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wallace Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wallace Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WI department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Norwalk, WI
FDID
41040

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Norwalk Area Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #590 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,233 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 18% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Norwalk Area Fire District is 7.2% of Monroe County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 321 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wallace Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.